Allegorical depiction of the Four Seasons ( Horae ) and smaller attendant figures that flank a Roman double-doorway representing the entrance to the afterlife, on a mid-3rd century AD sarcophagus

Allegorical figures from his works — “ Geharnischte Sonette ” (“ Withering Sonnets ”) and “ Weisheit des Brahmanen ” (“ Wisdom of the Brahmans ”) — are situated at the feet of the bronze Rückert.

Allegorical figures of the University.

He emerges in Dresden, Prague, Halle and finally in Nuremberg, where he staged a Great Allegorical Musical Festivity in Two Acts celebrating the balloon ascent of the French aviation prioneer Jean Pierre Blanchard ( 3 November 1787 ).

The museum's holdings include many of Thomas Eakins's sketches and studies related to his paintings of Rush, along with the most famous painting: William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River ( aka William Rush and His Model ), 1876 – 77, oil on canvas ( mounted on Masonite ), 20 1 / 8 x 26 1 / 8 inches ( 51. 1 x 66. 4 cm ).

File: William rush carving his allegorical figur of schuylkill river thomas eakins. jpeg | William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River ( aka William Rush and His Model ) by Thomas Eakins ( 1876-77 ), oil on canvas, 20 1 / 8 x 26 1 / 8 inches.

File: Swann Fountain-27527-3. jpg | Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River, Swann Memorial Fountain ( 1920-24 ), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Image: AllegoryofScience. JPG | Allegorical medal of Science, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg

* Swinford, Dean, “ Defining Irrealism: Scientific Development and Allegorical Possibility ,” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 12. 1 ( 2001 ): 77-89.

Allegorical stories are central to the poetic diction of many cultures, and were prominent in the West during classical times, the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology.

File: La cúpula. jpg | Allegorical ceiling frescoes painted by Raúl Soldi

Allegory | Allegorical depiction of the Roman goddess Abundantia with a cornucopia, by Rubens ( ca.

Powys As an Allegorical Novelist.

# A Preference for Allegorical Interpretation-Finally, Augustine was influenced by the popular allegorical interpretation of Scripture, particularly of The Book of Revelation.

Allegorical elements reference Dante, indicating an interest in literature.

Allegorical painting was raised above other types of history painting ; together they were the grand genre, including paintings with religious, mythological, historical, literary, or allegorical subjects — they embodied some interpretation of life or conveyed a moral or intellectual message.

File: William rush carving his allegorical figur of schuylkill river thomas eakins. jpeg | Thomas Eakins, William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of Schuylkill River, 1876-1877

Allegorical depiction of Bulgarian autonomy after the Treaty of Berlin ( 1878 ) | Treaty of Berlin.

File: William Rush carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill river. png | Thomas Eakins, William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River, 1908

File: Fountain in Fairmount Park, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. jpg | Allegorical Figure of The Schuylkill River ( aka Water Nymph and Bittern ) ( 1809 ).

File: William Rush Carving The Allegorical Figure Of The Schuylkill G151A. jpg | Eakins's key to the 1876-77 painting.

Their 1993 album Allegorical Misunderstanding was released on John Zorn's record label, Avant, although most of their albums have come out on independent label P. S. F.

* Allegorical sculpture for the Foster Mausoleum and bronze bas-relief for Timothy Murphy memorial, Upper Middleburgh Cemetery, Middleburgh, New York

This however resulted in that year not corresponding with the lifetimes of historical figures reputed to be alive, or otherwise mentioned in connection with the Christian incarnation, e. g. Herod the Great or Quirinius.

The opening paragraph names a collection of goddesses, some derived from Greek or Roman mythology, others from Celtic or Arthurian legends, affirming a belief that these various figures represent a single Great Mother:

Other notable figures in the movement include Stringfellow Barr and Scott Buchanan ( who together initiated the Great Books program at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland ), Mark Van Doren, Alexander Meiklejohn, and Sir Richard Livingstone, an English classicist with an American following.

He refers to the Sadducees, Jewish High Priests of the time, Pharisees and Essenes, the Herodian Temple, Quirinius ' census and the Zealots, and to such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, Agrippa I and Agrippa II, John the Baptist, James the brother of Jesus, and a centuries-long disputed reference to Jesus ( for more see Josephus on Jesus ).

Frederick II of Prussia ( the Great ) figures prominently for having made very efficient use of the limited forces at his disposal, though Napoleon is perhaps the central figure.

** The Great Depression officially ends in the United States: With unemployment figures falling fast due to WWII-related employment, U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes the Works Progress Administration

* Great Circle – from MathWorld Great Circle description, figures, and equations.

His figures showed the creation, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the Great Flood.

Although it mostly died out 1600 to 1700 years ago, Mesopotamian religion has still had an influence on the modern world, predominantly because Biblical mythology that is today found in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Mandeanism shares some overlapping consistency with ancient Mesopotamian myths, in particular the Creation Myth, the Garden of Eden, The Great Flood, Tower of Babel and figures such as Nimrod and Lilith ( the Assyrian Lilitu ).

Following a Cabinet split on 25 May 1915, caused by the Shell Crisis ( or sometimes dubbed ' The Great Shell Shortage ') and the failed offensive at the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli, Asquith became head of a new coalition government, bringing senior figures from the Opposition into the Cabinet.

The cities of Ellinwood, Great Bend, and Hoisington are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships.

Paisley easily retained his seat in every European election until he stood down in 2004, receiving the highest popular vote of any British MEP ( although as Northern Ireland uses a different electoral system to Great Britain for European elections, the figures are not strictly comparable ).

Early European settler life, the iron ore and bauxite industries, Civil War strife, Post war recovery, the Great Depression era, early textile industries and notable figures are depicted through interactive exhibits in the permanent gallery space.

The Great Depression had little effect on the city throughout much of the 1930s ; however, the population declined drastically in the early 1930s, but both population and business figures rose at the end of the 1930s, when 2, 700 residents and 180 businesses were listed.

This study was based on official figures, although quite old ones, dating from 1979 – 1980 and 1982-83. Roberts SE in Lancet 2002 Aug 17 ; 360 ( 9332 ): 543-4 “ Hazardous occupations in Great Britain ”

Notable figures born there include Hjalmar Schacht, a Nazi ecomomist who introduced a wide variety of schemes in Germany in order to tackle the effects that the Great Depression had on that country, and was a key player in the initial economic steps towards re-armament.

One of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill became famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes, which he toured in Great Britain and Europe as well as the United States.

The aetiological myth is noteworthy too: at the beginning one finds Dardanos and his brother Iasios appearing as auxiliary figures in a Phrygian cult to a Great Mother.

Although U. S. capital investments within the Philippines and Puerto Rico were relatively small ( figures that would seemingly detract from the broader economic implications on first glance ), " imperialism " for the United States, formalized in 1904 by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, would also spur its displacement of Britain as the predominant investor in Latin America — a process largely completed by the end of the Great War.

He was one of the most important figures in 19th century Great Britain and Ireland, and was described by Prime Minister William Gladstone as the most remarkable person he had ever met.

Greek parties in the Othonian era were based on two factors: the political activities of the diplomatic representatives of the Great Powers: Russia, United Kingdom and France and the affiliation of Greek political figures with these diplomats.

John, or ' Johnny ', as he was called before The War, is a lover of literature, and is influenced by three separate cultural icons: the concept of becoming a Hero, in the sense of the legendary figures of ancient Greece ; Hawthorne's The Great Stone Face, in which legend predicts that a great man will appear, whose face is identical to the natural stone face which, in the Hawthorne story, is a local landmark ; and finally, the quest to find the legendary Raintree, which was supposedly planted somewhere in Raintree County by John Chapman, or Johnny Appleseed.

James Mellaart, who led excavation at the site in the 1960s, suggests that the figures represent a Great goddess, who headed the pantheon of an essentially matriarchal culture.

( In the 1920s, circulation figures for the most successful pulps topped one million ; even in the depths of the Great Depression, popular pulps like Doc Savage or The Shadow enjoyed circulations of 300, 000 per issue, monthly or even semi-monthly.